Gage and Obama, Gage and Linds, and Gage and Gaga

Another whirlwind couple of weeks in the life of Gage. She welcomed Auntie Linds and UNCLE Nathan (so cool to finally say that for real) at their wedding and was grins for all the fam. She ate her first solids, and got to visit with her cousins, Alexis, Conner, and Cole all week at our house in Sugar Hill (although she will have to wait a year before she's all the way up the climbing wall with them). She got in her first hike in the Whites with Nel and Matt, lounged with Gaga, and cheered for Obama at her first political rally in Unity, NH. She was a trooper. We actually wondered if her smilie-ness all day long in Unity was almost a bit freakish ...we'll take it! Check out the photos and video.






(This is Rich now) We had an awesome time traveling south to the Obama/Clinton rally and the spectacle was something to behold. I hope the following helps you get a sense of the festivities. What was especially neat was having an Obama official grab us off the bus, bypass a line of over a thousand people and escort us through security to get in to the event because Gage was with us!

Duck Point

Apologies to all intrepid Gage fans and followers but we’ve been traveling since the 5th and since our house in NH does not have internet, we have been extremely tardy in ours updates. It has been a whirlwind few weeks as Katie and I finished up at Deerfield, hopped on a plane and headed down to North Carolina to visit my parents and three sisters. The Calhoun clan greeted Gage with hurricane’esque enthusiasm and she had a wonderful time being passed around like a “hot potato” all week. Katie and I were able to hold her once or twice.

She had a great time visiting Duck Point for the first time and had her first swim in a pool (which she loved):


And her first dip in the Atlantic (which she found a tad cold):


She also got to meet lots of new friends in North Carolina and we thought you might enjoy some video of Gage and Adelaide who became fast friends (and some swimming shots).


We’re now back in New Hampshire at our new home for the remainder of the summer and getting excited for Katie’s sister Lidnsey’s wedding this weekend. If you’re ever in the northern NH and want to stop by, give us a call! We’ll update the blog with some news from the big wedding this weekend.